Exuding Jewelry

The view from my jewellery bench today.

Its later than Id expected, but this afternoon I finally got back to my jewellery bench to do some making work.

It was just a tentative step with only three pieces being made for delivery to a couple of shops, but its a start.

This week I also need to get stuck into a big batch of etching now that I finally have some silver stock after running out of the required pieces late last year.

However, before then I need to do a massive clean up in the studio!

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Each piece of Sorella jewelry is created custom made-to-order. When we receive an order, we start the process of creating the piece. Quite a few steps and artisans are involved in creating a single piece of fine jewelry.  And if a piece doesnt come out flawless, we start over. As a result, it takes a bit of time to create your piece usually two to three weeks.

With this standard delivery time, shipping is included free of charge via UPS Ground. If youre located close by our Michigan studio, that can mean delivery overnight. If youre located in California, it can mean as much as four days in transit. If youre located outside the US, delivery will take longer.

We realize that sometimes you just cant wait.

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Certain qualities make noble metals gold, platinum and silver marvelous jewelry materials. However, remarkable differences between the three metals exist.

Gold, platinum and silver, sometimes referred to as the “precious” or “noble” metals, are the raw materials most frequently used for jewelry. Although each metal has its own unique qualities, the three metals share certain characteristics which make them most ideal for jewelry.

Briefly, the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) contends that to be successful in jewelry making, a metal must possess each of these four qualities: allure, workability, durability and rarity.

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Taking quite a different tack from the lush florals and chunky chains that populate fashion editorials this season, vertical linear designs present a significant trend in earrings. To some extent, this is a variation on the Y-shaped necklace designs of which I wrote previously. Most of the styles hang free from the base of the earrings; others are rigid vertical designs. In every case, they cause the eye to sweep up and down.

Marion Fasel writes in the December 2011 issue of InStyle: “There’s something to be said for the straight and narrow.

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